Brief reportsAortic valve sclerosis relates to cardiovascular events in patients with hypertension (a LIFE substudy)
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Acknowledgment
We thank Mary Paranicas, BA, Shonna Cohen, BA, and Andreas Moan, MD, for their invaluable assistance with study coordination. Furthermore, we would like to thank the LIFE echocardiographic study investigators: Denmark: Jens Berning (Ålborg), Per Hildebrandt (Frederiksberg), John Larsen (Næstved), OleLederballe Pedersen (Viborg), Jens Rokkedal (Glostrup), Kristian Wachtell (Glostrup); Finland: Tapio Aalto (Helsinki), Erik Engblom (Turku), Markku S. Nieminen (Helsinki), Antti Ylitalo (Oulu);
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This study was supported in part by grants from Merck & Co., Inc., West Point, Pennsylvania.
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